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Yankees Short Hops: Game 6

Yankees Short Hops: Game 6

Fielding the Yankees' 5-2 American League Championship Series-clinching win over the Angels on a short hop ...

In < 25 words ...
Andy Pettitte rose to the occasion and the Yankees backed the veteran with three runs in the fourth to punch their World Series ticket.

Frozen moment
With a runner on first and the tying run at the plate, reliever Joba Chamberlain retired pinch-hitter Maicer Izturis and Erick Aybar to secure a scoreless seventh inning.

Big number12: Combined number of walks and hits for the Yankees off Angels starter Joe Saunders. The Bronx Bombers chased Saunders from the game after just 3 1/3 innings.

Game balls

Andy Pettitte
Pettitte gave the Yankees exactly what they needed, tossing 6 1/3 innings of one-run baseball. The veteran lefty struck out six and walked one en route to his sixth consecutive postseason win and 16th overall in the playoffs.

Johnny Damon
Damon delivered the critical blow in the Yankees' three-run fourth, connecting for a two-run single into center field.

Nick Swisher
In a mini-slump under the glaring lights of the postseason, no one was happier to get a hit on Sunday night than Swisher. The outgoing outfielder singled and scored in the fourth inning.

Sense of October
Not willing to risk pitching to red-hot Alex Rodriguez, Saunders walked A-Rod in the third and fourth, the latter of which resulted in the Yankees' third run. Rodriguez reached base five times on Sunday night.